John Gordon GrayJohn Gordon Gray was born in 1950 and grew up in an academic family in Oxford, England. He obtained a first class degree in Classics (Latin, Greek, Ancient History and Philosophy) at Oxford University in 1973 and then an MPhil in Economics, also at Oford. He has wide ranging interest including music, travel and politics. Although not American, he follows political and social developments in the US keenly. He has loved Shakespeare's plays since his schooldays. His other publications include a dictionary of an African language, Dholuo, (President Obama's paternal mother-tongue). When not travelling for work, he lives in Oxford, England and also in Homa Bay, a town in Western Kenya, overlooking Lake Victoria. Read More Read Less